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OMB Control No: 0579-0054	ICR Reference No: 202602-0579-002
Status: Received in OIRA	Previous ICR Reference No: 202208-0579-004
Agency/Subagency: USDA/APHIS	Agency Tracking No: 0579-0054
Title: Federal Plant Pest and Noxious Weeds Regulations
Type of Information Collection: Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular	Date Submitted to OIRA: 03/04/2026

	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	36 Months From Approved
Responses	65,300	0
Time Burden (Hours)	12,168	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Business	PPQ Form 525A, PPQ Form 508, PPQ Form 550, PPQ Form 599, PPQ Form 519A	, , , ,
Individual	PPQ Form 525A
State, Local, and Tribe

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Request	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	65,300	-13,830	-1,538	80,668
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	12,168	-7,369	-2,098	21,635
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Reduction Due to: Miscellaneous Actions

Short Statement: There is an adjustment decrease of -589 respondents and -1,538 responses resulting in a decrease of -2,098 total burden hours. There is a program change decrease of -13,830 responses resulting in a decrease of -7369 total burden hours because of APHIS removing several activities and moving them to a new common form information collection. The removed activities are as follows: • Emergency Action Notification (PPQ Form 523 • Notice of Arrival (PPQ Form 368 or equivalent) • Application for Permit to Move Live Plant Pests, Noxious Weeds, Soil, and Prohibited Plants - Importation (PPQ Form 526) • Compliance Agreement (PPQ Form 519)

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $905,163

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. Yes

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: Natalia Weinsetel 301 851-3894 natalia.a.weinsetel@usda.gov

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